Western Chokecherry vs Pawpaw - TreeTime.ca

Western Chokecherry vs Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Prunus virginiana var. demissa

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2024)

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2024)

Pawpaw
Western Chokecherry

The Pawpaw fruits are edible and delicious with a banana-mango flavour, and can be eaten fresh or enjoyed in ice cream or baking. Wildlife are also known to enjoy the fruit. It is a small understory tree or large shrub found in wooded slopes, ravines and along streams. Often spreads by root suckering to form thickets. Cup shaped purple flowers form in the spring followed by yellow-green oblong fruits which turn a dark brown once mature.

Add Pawpaw to your rain garden today to enjoy the ornamental and tasty value this shrub has to offer.

Western Chokecherry is a shrub or small tree commonly used for farmstead and field windbreaks.

It produces white flowers in the spring and edible dark purple fruit that matures between September and October. Its cherries are great for making for making jams, jellies or wine, but are not very palatable for raw eating.

Pawpaw Quick Facts

Western Chokecherry Quick Facts

Zone: 5a
Zone: 2a
Height: 6 m (20 ft)
Height: 7 m (23 ft)
Spread: 6 m (20 ft)
Spread: 5 m (16 ft)
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: any
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: reddish-purple
Berries: edible, astringent, red-purple
Flavor: similar to mango or banana
Flowers: red purple
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: high
Suckering: low




Toxicity: toxic to horses, cattle, etc.)
Other Names: american pawpaw, custard apple, custard apple tree, indian banana, paw paw, paw-paw, wild banana
Other Names: bitter-berry, chokecherry, common chokecherry, virginia bird berry